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crop-eared
[ krop-eerd ]
adjective
- having the ears cropped.
- having the hair cropped short, so that the ears are conspicuous.
crop-eared
adjective
- having the ears or hair cut short
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crop-eared1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
I give him my supper because he was hungry, and he ate it all, and called me a crop-eared rebel for my pains.
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D—n me, it shall never be said in my time that the —th suffered a crop-eared Irishman to preach to them in their own mess-room!
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Close beside her were crop-eared Grip and Grapple, looking up at the line above them where hairy neck and shoulder joined.
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In other words, his ace was Crop-eared José, and his ace was not destined to be unsupported by other trump cards.
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There was that commanding trump—his knowledge, his unsuspected knowledge of the whereabouts of Crop-eared José.
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